Underwaist-pocket.



I. KAUFMAN.

UNDERWAIST POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1913 1,1 12,805. Patented 0013.6,1914.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

WITNESSES uvmvm I. KAUFMAN.

UNDERWAIST POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14. 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

2 SHEETSSHBET 2 lNl/EIVTUR A rromvns WITNESSES ISAAC KAUFMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UNDERWAIST-IPOCKET.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that i, IsAAo KAUFMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in UnderwaistPockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pockets for underwaists or underclothing or nightclothing and more particularly to pockets for ladies underwaists.

It is customary among a great many women, particularly when wearing low-neck dresses, to carry jewelry, money or other valuables by tucking the same in the front of the waists. This custom particularly prevails when dresses are made without pockets and when it is not desired to carry a pocketbook or bag. This method of carrying valuables subjects the owner to the risk of loss of the valuables and my invention contemplates the obviating of this risk by providing an undetachable pocket or pouch which is made a part of or is securely attached to the underwaist of the wearer and which at the same time is concealed from view. The pocket moreover is so positioned as to be readily accessible for use by the wearer of the underwaist and it also provides a safe place for carrying and concealing valuables.

Another object of my invention is to provide an underwaist having an undetachable pocket or pouch the mouth of which is adapted to beclosed by the same means as that employed for tightening the neck or upper portion of the underwaist.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel underwaist and pocket therefor hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in' the claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 illustrates an underwaist showing the part thereof at which my improved pocket is attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking toward the inside of the front of the underwaist and showing my improved pocket. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional View of the front of the underwaist and the pocket. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a modification. Fig. 5 is a view of my invention as applied to a union suit. Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective View of the upper portion of the union suit looking toward the front of the same. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 14, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.- Serial No. 800,914.

modification also looking toward the front of the under-garment.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 8,1 indicates the front portion of the underwaist and 10 the pocket or pouch which is attached thereto, the wall of the pocket which contacts with the front portion 1 being indicated by 2 and the other wall of the pocket by 3. The pocket may be of any convenient shape or size and is preferably attached to the inner surface of the front of the underwaist by securely stitching it thereto as shown by the seam a which runs around the outer edge of the pocket 10 through the sides and bottom of both walls 2 and 3; but throughthe top of wall 2 only so as to leave the mouth of the pocket open. For convenience and also to obtain the most etlicacious results, the pocketis so positioned or attached to the underwaist that the top edge thereof is substantially flush or in the same horizontal plane with the top edge, or the edge of the neck 15, of the underwaist. 5 indicates a strip of embroidery or lace beading which is sewed or attached to the edge of the neck 15 of the underwaist and which preferably encircles this edge. A strip of heading 6 is also preferably attached to the upper edge of the wall 3 of the pocket 10 and the ends L of this heading 6 may be sewed or attached a to the heading 5. A ribbon or tape 7 is run through the heading 5 in a manner well known in the art and when the ribbon or tape 7 reaches that-portion of the beading 5 which is directly in front of the pocket,

it is also run through the beading 6, and the ends of the ribbon are preferably withdrawn at the center of the upper edge of the pocket 10. The ends of. the ribbon or tape 7 are then tied together and the mouth of the pocket is securely closed.

Obviously the drawing together or pulling of the ends of the ribbon before they are tied not only tightens the upper portion of the underwaist but at the same time more effectually closes the mouth of the pocket, as the edge thereof is thereby gathered up. The pocket, then, remains closed until the ribbon is united, loosened and withdrawn from the beading 6. If at any time it is not desired to use the pocket, the ribbon or tape is neither run through the beading 6 nor is it run, preferably, through that portion of the beading 5 which is directly in front of the pocket. The ends of the ribbon or tape 7 are then withdrawn from. the beading 5 at the upper corners of the pocket, all as more clearly shown in Fig. 1, and they may then be tied together as formerly. A drawing together or pulling of the ends of the ribbon in this case, however, does not gather up the material around the edge of the mouth of the pocket thereby closing the same, but merely tightens the upper portion of the urn derwaist.

In Fig. 2 l have not illustrated the ribbon or tape 7 running through the beading in order that the beading and the construction of the pocket may be more clearly shown.

Fig. 4c shows a slight modification in the construction of the pocket consisting in making a portion of the front of the underwaist serve also as a wall of the pocket or pouch and merely stitching a piece of cloth 3 to the inner surface of the front of the when the coat-portion of the union suit is unbuttoned, the other side of the wall 2 of the pocket is visible. When the coat-portion is buttoned, the pocket has the same position as though it were applied to an ordinary undergarment, and the mouth thereof is adapted to be closed in the same manner previously described.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a bias fold or double fold 12 which encircles the neck of the underwaist. A ribbon or tape 7 is run through the bias-fold and also through perforations 14 made at intervals adjacent to the upper edges of both walls 2 and 3 of the pocket. Obviously, then, the same result is accomplished as when beading is used as is hereinbcfore described. lft is also obvious that perforations without being used with the bias fold and made at intervals adjacent to the edge of the neck of the underwaist, and perforations also made near the top of the walls 2 and 3 of the pocket through which perforations the ribbon or tape is run would serve the same purpose as the embroidery or lace beading which is preferably used. An edging, a hem or any of these in combination with perforations might also be used instead of heading and the word beading in the appended claim is to be construed broadly as including all of the substitutions which might be employed as hereinbefore enumerated.

What 1 claim as my invention is An under-waist having a pocket attached to the inner surface of the front thereof and at a point substantially at the center of the front thereof and ending a material distance from the sides of the garment, the upper edge of said pocket being substantially flush with'the edge of the neck of said underwaist, beading attached to the upper edge of a wall of said pocket, beading also attached to and encircling the edge of the neck of the underwaist, ribbon running through said headings and adapted by a drawing together of the ends thereof to simultaneously close the mouth of said pocket and tighten the upper portion of said underwaist.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 13th day of November A. D. 1918. 4

ISAAC KAUFMAN.

Witnesses:

F. B. Townsnno, SAMUEL H. KAUFMAN. 

